The Great Blue Hole in Belize world class destination for recreational divers , attracted by the opportunity of diving in crystal clear waters , while seeing thousands of species of tropical fish and spectacular forms of coral formations.
The wild marine life in the Blue Hold includes nurse sharks, huge red snapper, and diverse types of sharks , like the Caribbean reef shark, and the black tip. The excursions to the great Blue Hole take approximately one day which generally include several diving sessions in the blue hole and in close reefs . Among all the great places and things to do in Belize a trip to the Blue Hole is in Number 10 as an attraction within Belize.
The Great Blue Hole is a great sinkhole in the Coast of Belize. It is very close to the Lighthouse Reef , a small atoll at 100 Kilometers from the continent of Belize.
The Blue Hole is in a circular shape and it has more than 300 meters of width and 125 meters of depth . The Great Blue Hole is the largest formations in its type in the entire world and is part of the barrier reef reserve system and as such a World Heritage Site of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Glyn Collinson, a NASA scientist who just launched the Great Blue Hole, described it this way:
“It was the biggest and deepest blue hole, imaginable; A great abyss that submerged slowly in the deep blue waters. It had formed from large stones like caverns, already hundreds and thousands of years ago during the ice age. Water seeps through the rock and into these immense stone caverns, which produce stalactites and stalagmites of all colors. After this, one by one, they sank one above the other, forming the hole four hundred feet deep.
